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Winners emerge as L.A. council members receive new assignments for 2025
2 days, 23 hours ago

Winners emerge as L.A. council members receive new assignments for 2025

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, pictured at a rally last month in Lincoln Heights, came out a winner in this year’s batch of council committee assignments. She assailed the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, saying efforts to get information from that agency has been “the merry go round from hell.” In recent weeks, Rodriguez criticized Harris-Dawson over his push …

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Dueling supervisors debate plan to rework L.A. County government
3 months, 1 week ago

Dueling supervisors debate plan to rework L.A. County government

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. “I’m going to ask you to actually read the measure,” countered Mitchell, who had sent out a pre-meeting email warning party members that the package was a mistake. “I don’t recall dueling supervisors from the same party coming on and speaking in opposition,” said Monterey Park …

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Harris could be the next president. What does that mean for Garcetti?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris could be the next president. What does that mean for Garcetti?

LA Times  

Eric Garcetti, left, with his daughter Maya Garcetti, reacts after being sworn in as Ambassador to India by Vice President Kamala Harris in 2023. Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s deep loyalty to President Biden earned him a posting to India. A White House official said the vice president considers Garcetti “a colleague and a friend.” “From standing together in …

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Final orange grove in the San Fernando Valley is likely to give way to luxury homes
4 months ago

Final orange grove in the San Fernando Valley is likely to give way to luxury homes

LA Times  

A century-old orange grove in Tarzana appears to be on its way to becoming the site of luxury homes, a transformation that would mark the end of commercial citrus farming in the San Fernando Valley, where the crop was once a mainstay. Los Angeles city planning officials held a public hearing Wednesday to collect comments before deciding whether to give …

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L.A. Council drops plan for security grants at synagogues, mosques, religious spaces
4 months, 3 weeks ago

L.A. Council drops plan for security grants at synagogues, mosques, religious spaces

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky, pictured at City Hall in 2023, has withdrawn a proposal to provide up to $2 million in security grants for religious institutions. “My office and Councilmember Blumenfield’s office are also consulting with the city attorney’s office on how we can institute buffer zones around the entrances to religious institutions and other sensitive sites like …

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L.A. City Council refuses police dog donation over training firm’s name, shared with Hitler’s bunker
6 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. City Council refuses police dog donation over training firm’s name, shared with Hitler’s bunker

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council has declined a donation for two police dogs after one city leader raised concerns that the canines were trained by a company that shares its name with a Nazi military hideout used by Adolf Hitler. Blumenfield said his main concern was that the Riverside County company that supplied the animals, Adlerhorst International, shares “the name …

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The battle over L.A.’s ‘no encampment’ zones gets more intense
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The battle over L.A.’s ‘no encampment’ zones gets more intense

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. “41.18 is a failed policy that has only made our homelessness crisis worse.” Horvath, who represents parts of the Westside and San Fernando Valley, made those assertions amid an already hot debate over a memo, issued by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, sharply criticizing 41.18. …

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L.A. should pay $6.4 million for slow action on cleaning homeless camps, judge is told
10 months, 2 weeks ago

L.A. should pay $6.4 million for slow action on cleaning homeless camps, judge is told

LA Times  

Tamela Kerneghan camps with her dog on a sidewalk near Grand Park in the shadow of L.A. City Hall. The motion also asks U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, who is presiding over the 4-year-old case, to order the city to produce plans within 30 days to clean up what it describes as two “high-acuity areas,” Skid Row and avenues …

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The only cul-de-sac in L.A. with a law banning skateboarding
11 months, 1 week ago

The only cul-de-sac in L.A. with a law banning skateboarding

LA Times  

The cul-de-sac ends at the top of a hill with a sweeping view of the San Fernando Valley. 56.15.2 of the city’s municipal code — “No person shall ride a skateboard on Hermano Drive” — reflect the contentiousness that occasionally flares up over its more dangerous manifestations. *** When L.A. Councilman Bob Blumenfield started getting calls in 2015 from some …

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L.A. council members seek report on hateful fliers during emotional meeting
1 year ago

L.A. council members seek report on hateful fliers during emotional meeting

LA Times  

Bags containing fliers with antisemitic messages were distributed in San Marino in 2022 at the start of Yom Kippur. “When you’re targeting a neighborhood or targeting people, you’re stepping into potentially a different area that could be hate speech,” Blumenfield said. “That’s not the same as just printing something out and dropping it on the ground.” Hamid Khan, lead coordinator …

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The attack on Israel, and how to respond to it, is roiling L.A.’s election campaigns
1 year, 2 months ago

The attack on Israel, and how to respond to it, is roiling L.A.’s election campaigns

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, who is seeking reelection, has faced criticism in recent days over her endorsement by the Democratic Socialists of America. On the day Hamas launched its assault, the DSA publicly declared its “solidarity with Palestine,” writing on the social media platform X that the attack was “a direct result of Israel’s apartheid regime — a …

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L.A. Council approves Bass’ $13-billion budget, greenlighting plan to hire 1,000 cops
1 year, 7 months ago

L.A. Council approves Bass’ $13-billion budget, greenlighting plan to hire 1,000 cops

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Police Department’s downtown headquarters, shown last year. The Los Angeles City Council signed off on Mayor Karen Bass’ plan for expanding the Police Department on Thursday, approving a budget that calls for the hiring of about 1,000 officers over the next fiscal year and record spending to fight homelessness. Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez cast the lone opposing vote, …

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Bass’ $250-million budget proposal for homelessness program clears a key council hurdle
1 year, 7 months ago

Bass’ $250-million budget proposal for homelessness program clears a key council hurdle

LA Times  

People living in tents behind the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures were moved into a motel in February under Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program. Mayor Karen Bass’ first citywide budget cleared an important hurdle on Friday, with a five-member committee paving the way for her to spend $250 million on Inside Safe, her strategy for combating homelessness. The City …

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Bass’ budget proposal for Animal Services is far less than what department requested
1 year, 7 months ago

Bass’ budget proposal for Animal Services is far less than what department requested

LA Times  

Dogs wait to be adopted in a cage at the Chesterfield Square Animal Services Center in Los Angeles. Mayor Karen Bass’ proposed budget for the Los Angeles Animal Services department is facing pushback from city officials who want more funding for the troubled department. He also pointed to two recent reports — one by former City Councilmember Paul Koretz, the …

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L.A. on the Record: How the city budget gets made
1 year, 9 months ago

L.A. on the Record: How the city budget gets made

LA Times  

The real decisions about how Los Angeles spends its money are made during budget development, which has been underway for months at City Hall. Deputy Controller Rick Cole, a political veteran who oversaw the budget process for two years under former Mayor Eric Garcetti, compared the phenomenon to an iceberg: The public proceedings are “the visible part of the iceberg, …

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L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. City Council racist audio leak, transcribed and annotated

LA Times  

More than a year after it was secretly recorded and a month after it was leaked, a backroom conversation among three Los Angeles City Council members and a prominent union president continues to shake city politics. Julia Wick, reporter “Curren” This refers to Curren Price, a political ally of Martinez’s and a two-term L.A. City Council member who represents Council …

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Los Angeles homeless count raises doubts about accuracy. Is it time for a new way?
2 years, 2 months ago

Los Angeles homeless count raises doubts about accuracy. Is it time for a new way?

LA Times  

Jose Luis Camargo washes a skillet outside his camp under an elevated ramp linking the 110 to the 105 Freeway in Los Angeles. “I just don’t think a point-in-time count makes sense of really helping people,” said Connie Brooks, a Venice resident who participates in the unofficial counts that consistently show more than 200 homeless people in the area. “I …

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Even during record heat, surprisingly few people go to L.A. cooling centers. Why?
2 years, 3 months ago

Even during record heat, surprisingly few people go to L.A. cooling centers. Why?

LA Times  

Alonzo Frazi wipes the sweat from his face while fishing under a canopy in Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area during the heat wave in Los Angeles. We just tough it out where we’re at.” To address the scorching heat, the city opened up nine “augmented” cooling centers — air-conditioned facilities that have expanded hours during heat emergencies — on Aug. …

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‘Horrified’: L.A. City Council members call for action on overcrowded animal shelters
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Horrified’: L.A. City Council members call for action on overcrowded animal shelters

LA Times  

A dog waits to be adopted in a cage at the Chesterfield Square Animal Services Center in Los Angeles. Two L.A. city councilmen called Friday for more resources for the city’s struggling animal shelters following a Times article about crowded kennels, shelter dogs that go for weeks without walks and staffing shortages. “Angelenos deserve the services we pay for,” said …

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L.A. just changed its entire approach to homelessness. Does it place politics above need?
3 years, 1 month ago

L.A. just changed its entire approach to homelessness. Does it place politics above need?

LA Times  

The city of Los Angeles has undertaken a major shift in its approach to homelessness, one that puts a priority on clearing unsightly street encampments even when insufficient permanent housing exists for the people being moved. This balance, he said, was made possible by the expansion of outreach and services for homeless people, and the development of new housing and …

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Using new law, L.A. City Council bans homeless encampments at 54 spots
3 years, 2 months ago

Using new law, L.A. City Council bans homeless encampments at 54 spots

LA Times  

People shelter from a storm passing over downtown Los Angeles at their encampment along an offramp to the 110 Freeway in 2019. The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a ban on camping at certain locations, in the first use of new laws that passed over the summer. Amid contentious debate over the summer, the council enacted new rules …

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L.A. City Council set to consider new ban on homeless camping
4 years, 1 month ago

L.A. City Council set to consider new ban on homeless camping

LA Times  

Alena, 45, cleans herself along Main Street where she lives in a tent with many other homeless above the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles City Council is moving with unusual speed to a Wednesday vote on revisions to the city’s anti-camping law that would allow authorities to remove homeless camps anywhere in the city if they …

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Chaos and confusion as judge pushes plan to clear homeless camps from near freeways
4 years, 2 months ago

Chaos and confusion as judge pushes plan to clear homeless camps from near freeways

LA Times  

The red Prius came to a stop under a freeway overpass in the San Fernando Valley. “Chaos is being created by multiple voices weighing in on the best strategy,” said Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, president and chief executive of LA Family Housing, a nonprofit that coordinates the homeless services in this part of the city and has taken on the responsibility of …

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Several L.A. City Council members back law to ban homeless camps near city shelters
4 years, 2 months ago

Several L.A. City Council members back law to ban homeless camps near city shelters

LA Times  

City leaders are considering an ordinance that would allow the removal of makeshift housing near the sites of L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s A Bridge Home homeless shelter program. Several Los Angeles City Council members are pushing for a new law that would make it illegal for homeless people to set up camps near freeway overpasses and the city’s new temporary …

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